negre
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Catalan negre, from Latin nigrum.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈnə.ɣɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈne.ɣɾe]
Audio (Valencian) (file) Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Adjective edit
negre (feminine negra, masculine and feminine plural negres)
- black (absorbing all light and reflecting none)
- black, Black (of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
negre m (plural negres)
- black (color perceived in the absence of light)
Noun edit
negre m (plural negres, feminine negra)
- black person
- ghostwriter
See also edit
blanc | gris | negre |
roig, vermell; carmesí | taronja; marró | groc; crema |
verd llima | verd | |
cian; xarxet | atzur | blau |
violat; indi | magenta; lila, porpra | rosa |
Further reading edit
- “negre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “negre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “negre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “negre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Interlingua edit
Adjective edit
negre (comparative plus negre, superlative le plus negre)
- black (completely dark, absorbing all light)
- black (having a dark skin tone, mainly associated with African descent)
Related terms edit
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish negro, from Latin nigrum, the accusative form of niger (“black”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
negre
- person of African descent [from 16th c.]
Descendants edit
- French: nègre
Further reading edit
- “negre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
negre m
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan negre, from Latin nigrum.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adjective edit
negre m (feminine singular negra, masculine plural negres, feminine plural negras)
Derived terms edit
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin niger. Cf. Old French noir, neir.
Adjective edit
negre
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
negre n (plural negres, masculine negro, masculine plural negros, feminine negra, feminine plural negras)
- (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro
Adjective edit
negre m or f (plural negres)
- (gender-neutral, neologism, informal) gender-neutral singular of negro
- 2020 November 30, Hiana Santos, Koda Gabriel, Negres - Uma Antologia Preta [Negres - A Black Anthology][1], Burn Books:
- Nossa cultura naturalizou que os corpos negres sejam somente sofredores que morrem no final ou que só conseguem ser minimamente bem-sucedidos quando ajudados por um branco.
- Our culture naturalized that our black bodies are only sufferers who die in the end or who can only be minimally successful when helped by a white person.
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
negre